php111 Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Hi,I am getting a router in a few days. What is port forwarding used for? I know most people port forward. Does it increase the speed of the internet that the ISP provides? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 This explains it better than I could.http://portforward.com/help/portforwarding.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Well I'll have a go then...Basically having a router is like having another firewall (good ones that is eg. Netgear) and you 'forward ports' in order for the connections to get through the router's built in firewall. The site that Alan2273 gave you is brill for the port numbers etc. for games and applications. On the site you enter the brand/ model number and it gives you a page with all the port forwarding info for lots of applications and games and tells you how to do it.Your router should allow internet traffic automatically and you should only need to allow ports for games and some software (torrent software etc.). It's a bit daunting at first but you soon get used to it and that site really helps ! Hope this helps a little ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Just wanted to add, there is also something known as "Port Triggering" which works like port forwarding, but instead of always forwarding it only enables when the port is requested by an application. It's not very reliable and it is not used as much as forwarding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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